It is 1692 in Salem, Massachusetts, when Penelope, the daughter of an evil archangel and the first woman ever, embarks on a vengeful mission to destroy overbearing men. As she unleashes her special powers onto a crowd of onlookers awaiting the lynching of another witch, she focuses a red beam of light from her eyesleaving chaos and destruction in her wake. Surveying the damage, she smiles and vanishes. As the only daughter of Lilith and Samael, Penelope has been there and seen it all. By t...

It is the start of a lazy summer in Devonshire for twelve-year-old Kile, eleven-year-old Jen, and ten-year-old Dex. Theyre looking forward to working with Kiles falcon, C-zer, and generally just having fununtil something disturbing disrupts the peacefulness of the farmlands.The cows from the surrounding farms had been disappearing, and now Kiles parents suspect that the same thing is happening to their cows. At the same time, Dexa genius who speaks only through his computer and has...

Environmental Virology, Volume 101, the latest in the Advances in Virus Research series, contains new, informative updates on the topic. First published in 1953, this series covers a diverse range of in-depth reviews, providing a valuable overview of the current field of virology. Updates to this release include sections on the host landscape and vector behavior, key determinants of plant virus evolution and emergence, plant virome analysis using spatial metagenomics, host range evolution ...

The past will never let you go...When a four-year-old girl and her father are found dead in the Swedish city of Karlskrona, the police quickly rule it as a suicide. Believing it's a mistake, reformed criminal Luke Bergman is determined to uncover the truth.As the body count rises, Luke embarks on an investigation into his friend's former involvement with a sinister cult, and dark secrets are exposed as Luke struggles to keep his own long-buried demons hidden.Can Luk...

The percentage of women aged 15-49 in Egypt who have undergone the procedure of female circumcision, or genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) stands at 91%, according to the latest research carried out by UNICEF. Female circumcision has become a global political minefield with 'Western' interventions affecting Egyptian politics and social development, not least in the area of democracy and human rights. Maria Frederika Malmstrom employs an ethnographic approach to this controversial issue, wi...

The simple question "How did the Maya come up with a calendar that had only 260 days?" led Vincent Malmström to discover an unexpected "hearth" of Mesoamerican culture. In this boldly revisionist book, he sets forth his challenging, new view of the origin and diffusion of Mesoamerican calendrical systems—the intellectual achievement that gave rise to Mesoamerican civilization and culture.Malmström posits that the 260-day calendar marked the interval between passages of the sun at i...

This sophisticated book presents new theoretical and analytical insights into the momentous events in the Arab world that began in 2011 and, more importantly, into life and politics in the aftermath of these events. Focusing on the qualities of the sensory world, Maria Frederika Malmström explores the dramatic differences after the Egyptian revolution and their implications for society—the lack of sound in the floating landscape of Cairo after the ouster of President Mohamed Morsi, the rol...

For thirty years, Modeling the Figure in Clay has been an indispensable anatomical resource for people who think, see, and understand form best in the round: sculptors. In the thirtieth anniversary edition of this classic work, master sculptor Bruno Lucchesi invites you on a guided tour of the human form. Follow him as he creates a figure in clay—literally from the inside out—starting with the skeleton, laying on the muscles to show male and female anatomy, and finishing with a co...

Creative techniques step-by-step. This book offers the reader an opportunity to watch one of our foremost contemporary sculptors at work, to see not just highlights of the creative process, but every step from beginning to end.In order to recreate the immediacy of an actual workshop situation, Bruno Lucchesi takes a single life-size head through all the stages of roughing in, modeling, refining the surface, and finishing and texturing, so that the reader can see exactly how he posi...

Mr. Henderson's beautiful prose translation of the "Frithiof Saga" ought to make that famous work, originally a poem, better known in English-speaking countries than it is today. How it has happened that a work which has been translated into the Danish, Norwegian, German, English, French, Russian, and Latin languages, and which is to be found in almost every house in Sweden, should be so little known amongst ourselves, it is difficult to explain; but that such is the case, we may gather fr...

Creating fruit bouquets is simple! I have learned the skills at Noland'sCake Shop, Pleasanton, California, where I work with purchase,preparation, mounting and delivery. Together with my sister Anna Ihave composed this book for you who would like to learn “the tricks”to achieve beautiful bouquets made of fruit.The fruit bouquet is an exclusive surprise at birthday parties, holidays oras a gift. Always appreciated! Besides, fully eatable! And why no...

In the heart-stopping conclusion to the Timeless saga, Simon and Elizabeth Cross have successfully reset the timeline — but the danger is far from over. The evil Shadow Council, now calling themselves the Continuum, are hellbent on eliminating the ultimate threat to their existence: young Charlotte Cross.Simon and Elizabeth, along with their friend and fellow time-traveler Jack Wells, must do everything in their power to protect Charlotte or all will be lost — for them and for the ...